HAVERFORD, Pa. - The city of Copenhagen has been getting a close look at Haverford athletic talent recently. While Megan Holt '14 has made her mark as a field hockey player there, four Haverford lacrosse players (Dylan Silverman, Isaac Krier, Zach Cole, and Max Ellis, all Class of 2018) have been taking to the field with the Danish national lacrosse team while spending a semester abroad in Denmark. 

 "This is an important year for our program," says Silverman of Haverford lacrosse. "The team is very talented, and under the guidance of our new coach [Brendan Dawson], we feel strongly that we can have an exciting season.  The four of us understood the importance of working on our game while in Europe. So Isaac, who is one of our captains, reached out to the head of the Danish program and asked to join them for practice and tournaments this fall, and they welcomed us. "

According to Silverman, lacrosse is not as well developed a sport in Scandinavia as it is in the U.S., and he and his fellow Fords have been finding that the American players—including a number of athletes from other strong Division III schools who are also studying abroad—are the strongest on the field. "They really push us and elevate the level of play," says Silverman, who, along with Cole, played in a tournament in Lund, Sweden, in September that the Danish team won.

"Being [among] the better players here has done a lot to develop our confidence. Success in college lacrosse demands a level of conviction on the field, and we feel that our experience here is truly improving our game in that respect."

-Eils Lotozo for Haverford Magazine